




21 TRADESCANTIA or SPIDER LILY 
__Everblooming perennials of great beauty and easiest pos- 
sible culture, fully winter-hardy, tolerant alike of wet soil 
and dry, of sun and of not-too-heavy shade. They are spend- 
thrifts of bloom, blossoms that last but a day, but pro- 
_ duced prodigally day after day, even month after month. 
It should be noted that other quite unrelated plants are also 
‘sometimes called Spider Lily (as Nerine, Crinum, Hymeno- 
callis, etc.) Prices are for plants, suppliable all year 
except when ground is frozen. J. C. WEGUELIN—Sky 
blue, giant flowers. Jilustrated page 62. Each 30c; 8 for 
 85c. IRIS PRICHARD—White flowers with azure stain. 
_ Each 35c; 3 for $1.00. RUBY—Brilliant rosy red, leaves 
_ silvery. Each 30; 3 for 85c. PURPLE DOME—Dome-clus- 
_ ters of rich deep purple-violet. Each 35c; 3 for $1.00. 
 PAULINE—Delightful rosy mauve. Each 35c; 3 for $1.00. 
- SUMMER SNOW—Purest snowy white, but anthers blue. 
—- Each 30c; 3 for 85c. KOBOLD—Dwarf, 6 inches. Tight 
- ¢elumps topped with pretty rose-pink. Blooms for about 8 
weeks in spring. Then all growth above ground disappears 
until late autumn. Each 35c; 3 for $1.00. BLUE TUFFET 
ue —Like last in appearance and height, but flowers are dark 
‘3 indigo, and foliage remains all season. Each 30c; 3 for 
— §85c. WESTERN ROSE—Unlike the others, which increase 
slowly, this is a quick, rambling matformer. Recommended 
_ for ground cover. Pretty rose-colored flowers. Each 20c; 
3 for 50c; 10 for $1.50; 25 for $3.25. 
PLANT OFFER 146Al—One plant each of the nine, sepa- 
rate labels, for $2.50. 
21 TRADESCANTIA PEERLESS BLEND—erbkt. Seeds 
saved from all the above, with others, largely hybrids, in one 
_ blend. New color forms of high merit should come from 
this. Pkt. 15c; %.oz. 30c; %4 oz. 50c. 
21 TRAILING ARBUTUS 
_Epigaea repens. Prettiest and almost rarest flower of 
early spring, with pink-and-white bloom like daintier ap- 
ple-blossoms, endowed with the sweetest of tantalizing per- 
fumes. The evergreen foliage is highly decorative. Sow seed 
in mixture of sand and sifted acid-bearing fibrous material, 
such as leaf-mould, peat, or sphagnum moss. A bit slow, 
you will need patience. JIJilustrated page 57. rnstay(1)5. 
Pkt. 25c; 1/32 oz. 75c. 
21 TRILLIUM or WOOD LILY 
The Trilliums are delightful for shady places. The 
rockery that is not too sunny, will be enriched by them. 
The flowers are rather Lily-like, indeed Trillium is some- 
times called Trinity Lily, all parts of the flower and foliage 
being insets of three. Colorings range from snowiest 
white, through cream, blush suffusions, pink and rose, to 
red and plum purple; with others of lemon-buff. The 
Painted Trillium, included in the blend, has flowers of 
- purest white, with vivid carmine markings. Illustrated page 
48. rnsy(1). Mixed Trilliums, Pkt. 20c; 1/16 oz. 35¢. 
° tb ’ 
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21 TRICYRTIS HIRTA—erbstkt(5)30. A pretty Lily-cousin 
from wooded hills of Japan. In the axil of each leaf comes 
a recurved blossom, pure white, marbled with violet, and 
centered with an oddly graceful little Orchid-like structure. 
Established plants may carry a hundred blooms at once. 
This is one of the few hardy perennials for shade _ that 
are fall-blooming. JJlustrated page 44. Pkt. 15c. (Plants, 
each 30c; 3 for 85c.) 
21 TRITOMA HYBRIDA ELEGANS—“ecbkt(3-4)60. Red- 
hot Poker. Noble torch-spires in shaded blendings of flam- 
ing scarlet, coral, orange, glowing gold and buff. A quite 
‘extraordinary strain. Botanically Kniphofia. Pkt. 15c; % 
oz. 35c; 1% oz. 60c. 
NAMED TRITOMAS (Kniphofias)—Plants only, each 50c. 
RED ROCKET, tall, richh DAWN TONE, early pastel. 
ELF—Cream coral. ROYAL STANDARD—Chrome, splashed 
scarlet. ETNA—Late brilliant red. TOWER OF GOLD 
—Massive golden yellow. OFFER 147A1—One each of the 
six for $2.75. 5 
35 TRITONIA BLEND—*ecbk(w) (1)(7)12. Sprays of ex- 
quisitely fashioned blossoms in sparkling, lucent salmon 
pink, apricot, rose, saffron-orange and scarlet of flame. 
It’s another “Cape” bulb that forces for winter blooming 
with the greatest of good will, coming into flower within 
a few months after seed-sowing. Pkt. 15c; */1e oz. 50c. 
21 TROLLIUS LEDEBOURI—rbmy(2)20. Widely opened 
blossoms of burnished gold, like gigantic Buttercups. Seed, 
as always with Trollius, germinates slowly, but will come 
at last. Pkt. 15c. TROLLIUS CHINENSIS, deep yellow, 
_ and TROLLIUS ALBIFLORUS, white, at same pkt. rate. 
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33 TUBEROSE (Polianthes) 
Flowers that seem carved in white wax, rich fragrance of 
orange blossoms, these every summer garden may have, 
for so yields the Tuberose. It is one of the easier summer- 
flowering bulbs, no difficulties in its growing. Dig and store 
when hard freezes come, in general Gladiolus fashion. Tube- 
roses make splendid cut flowers. EARLY MEXICAN—35 
inches. Spikes of single white flowers. 10 bulbs for 40c; 
30 for $1.00. ALBINO—48 inches. Fragrant trumpets of 
crispy white. 10 for 35c; 34 for $1.00. DWARF PEARL— 
82 inches. Here the sweet-scented white flowers are fully 
double. 10 for 50c. (Personally prefer the graceful singles 
to the clumsy doubles, but plenty think differently.) 
21 THE TURFING DAISY 
A spreading, densely fern-leafed perennial that naturally 
will form a close tight turf, long-enduring and wear-resist- 
ing. Incidentally, it is a good rockery plant, too. Botani- 
eally it is Matricaria Tchihatchewi. We recommend it for 
much-trodden places, for dry banks, terraces and the like. 
It does best in poor soils, and in dry, sunny positions, and 
it will not stand poor drainage. In June the feathery mats 
will be starred with pretty little white daisies, but if you do 
not want them, just clip off the buds before they open with 
a sickle or with a lawn mower set a bit high. The Turfing 
Daisy can be very good indeed, but definitely it is not a 
panacea for all lawn ills. We suggest that you try it on a 
small scale at first, to determine its adaptability to your 
particular conditions. Then if it does well, and you like 
it, you can take it on in a bigger way. Sow in carefully 
prepared seedbeds, as you would any other perennial, later 
transplanting the well-grown seedlings into prepared ground 
where the lawn is desired, spacing them a foot apart each 
way. The seed needs cool soil conditions in order to ger- 
minate, and so should be sown either in latest autumn, or in 
very early spring. Pkt. 15c; 10 pkts. for $1.10; 25 pkts. 
for $2.50. (Plants, small rooted divisions, 20 for $1.00; 100 
for $4.00; 250 for $9.00. Divisions of this plant are by their 
nature, small, and with only a few thread-like roots, but if | 
you will transplant them immediately upon arrival, watering 
them well, they will grow and thrive. Can be supplied in 
both spring and fall, but not during July and August.) 
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31 TULIP GARDEN HYBRIDS — cby(2)28. Saved from 
named Darwin, Breeder and Cottage sorts. Extraordinary 
color range. Each seedling will be different, each will be 
technically a new variety, some of them fine enough for 
naming and introducing. It is most interesting to watch 
them develop. Pkt. 10c; 1% oz. 30ce. 
31 TULIPA SPECIES--y. The species or “‘botanical’’? Tulips 
are charming rock garden bulbs. The only way to have 
most of them is to grow them from seed. Each 20c the 
pkt. Dasystemon, Galatica, Kaufmanniana, Greggi, Spren- 
geri, Stellata, Praestans (Regel’s Variety). 
21 TUNICA SAXIFRAGA—*erdx(8)10. 
of blossom-haze from June till winter. Pkt. 5c. 
21 ULEX NANUS--y. Flowering Gorse. Decorative foli- 
age, curious, dark green needle-fur branchings. In spring, 
and usually again in late autumn, there is a glory of golden 
blossoming. On December third, still full of bloom at Old 
Orchard. North, Gorse should be considered a root-hardy 
perennial, blooming like Peony, on growth of the current 
season. Pkt. 10c; 1% oz. 20c. 
51 VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM—jbamy (2)72. Giant Culti- 
vated Blueberry. Delicious fruits, also good ornamental 
shrub. Seeds from named kinds, in mixture. Pkt. 20c. 
35 VALLOTA PURPUREA—w. It is the Scarborough Lily, 
showy cousin of Amaryllis. Clustered flowers that vary 
from pure scarlet, to rose-toned reds. A famous pot plant, 
or if bulbs are set deeply and protected, will sometimes 
winter outside. 8 seeds for 25c. 
A pink mistiness 
*“ MONARCH DAISY 
The blossoms of VENIDIUM FASTUOSUM HYBRIDS are 
great daisies that may be three, or even four, inches across. 
Searce two plants will be alike, flowers in melting pastel 
tones, creamy white, primrose, buff, lemon, yellow, orange, 
usually with a vivid, jagged zoning of black-purple. Seeds 
should be sown early, while soil is cool. Full sun. Venidium 
makes a splendid cut-flower and will be in continual bloom 
from late spring until late autumn. Pkt. 20c; 1/g2 oz. 35c; 
1/46 OZ. 60c. 
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